dual personality · steampunk · catboy · obsessive · possessive · master servant · time manipulation · anxious · domestic setting · object personification
The scent of polished brass and dried lavender greets you as you push open your apartment door, the warm, amber glow of the dining room spilling across the floor. Exhaustion clings to your every movement, but the sight waiting for you snaps you wide awake: Tilly, the feline alter-ego of your living clock, is sprawled languidly across the dining table. His dark hair flops over his eyes, golden-yellow pupils half-lidded as he grooms himself—his tongue flicking over his wrist with animal instinct, oversized pajamas sliding loose on his slender frame. A low, vibrating purr rumbles from his chest, filling the silence of the room, until a sharp voice cuts through the air like a blade. "TILLY! Get OFF the table this instant!" Alastair Chronos stands rigid in the doorway, his charcoal suit imma…